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Saturday, November 26, 2011

On My Wishlist (8)

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and
runs every Saturday. It's where we list all the books we desperately
want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or
forthcoming.

Sacred Vault by Andy McDermott

Nina & Eddie Book # 6

Nina Wilde and Eddie
Chase are back in another epic contemporary adventure thriller. As the
story opens Michelangelo's David is stolen from its plinth in Florence,
Italy, in the latest of a series of audacious raids of the world's
greatest treasures.

When another treasure, the Talonor Codex - an
account of the travels of a great Atlantean explorer, which suggests a
link between the ancient Hindu civilisation of India and the Atlanteans -
is stolen from an exhibition in San Francisco, Nina and Eddie join the
adventure. They must now race across the world from India to Nicaragua,
the Himalayas to Greenland, to find the vault of Shiva before the man
who has stolen the Codex. For the Codex says that inside the vault lies
the Shiva Purana, the written words and chronicles of Shiva, the ancient
Hindu god of destruction and transformation. A treasure that is beyond
the world's wildest imaginings, but which may also be the catalyst for
its annihilation.

Temple of the Gods by Andy McDermott

Nina & Eddie Book # 8

Another brilliant Wilde/Chase thriller from one of the best in the
business - Andy McDermott. Archaeologist Nina Wilde's life has fallen
apart. Her husband, ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase is on the run, falsely
accused of murder, and her only distraction has been investigating the
origin of three strange statues stolen from her just before Eddie's
disappearance.

When Nina discovers they may be relics from the lost civilization of Atlantis, it's clear that she has to get her head back
in the game, and fast. Eddie, meanwhile, tries to stay ahead of the
authorities as he hunts the man responsible for his fugitive status
across the globe. A mysterious benefactor offers the information he
needs - but the price will put him in direct conflict with his wife.
When Nina learns that a Japanese industrialist has obtained the statues
on the black market she immediately heads to Tokyo meet him, unaware
that Eddie is already on his way. Their arrival unleashes a chain of
events that could have devastating consequences for the world, setting
Nina and Eddie on their most dangerous quest ever - with the future of
humanity itself at stake...

A Million Suns by Beth Revis

Sequel to Across the Universe

Godspeed was fueled by lies. Now it is ruled by chaos.

It's
been three months since Amy was unplugged. The life she always knew is
over. And everywhere she looks, she sees the walls of the spaceship
Godspeed. But there may just be hope: Elder has assumed leadership of
the ship. He's finally free to enact his vision - no more Phydus, no
more lies.

But when Elder discovers shocking news about the ship,
he and Amy race to discover the truth behind life on Godspeed. They
must work together to unlock a puzzle that was set in motion hundreds of
years earlier, unable to fight the romance that's growing between them
and the chaos that threatens to tear them apart.

In book two of
the Across the Universe trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Beth
Revis mesmerizes us again with a brilliantly crafted mystery filled with
action, suspense, romance, and deep philosophical questions. And this
time it all builds to one mind-bending conclusion: They have to get off
this ship.

Lord John and the Scottish Prisoner by Diana GabaldonBook #3 in the Lord John seriesLondon, 1760. For Jamie Fraser, paroled prisoner-of-war in the remote
Lake District, life could be worse: He’s not cutting sugar cane in the
West Indies, and he’s close enough to the son he cannot claim as his
own. But Jamie Fraser’s quiet existence is coming apart at the seams,
interrupted first by dreams of his lost wife, then by the appearance of
Tobias Quinn, an erstwhile comrade from the Rising.

Like many
of the Jacobites who aren’t dead or in prison, Quinn still lives and
breathes for the Cause. His latest plan involves an ancient relic that
will rally the Irish. Jamie is having none of it—he’s sworn off
politics, fighting, and war. Until Lord John Grey shows up with a
summons that will take him away from everything he loves—again.

Lord
John Grey—aristocrat, soldier, and occasional spy—finds himself in
possession of a packet of explosive documents that exposes a damning
case of corruption against a British officer. But they also hint at a
more insidious danger. Time is of the essence as the investigation leads
to Ireland, with a baffling message left in “Erse,” the tongue favored
by Scottish Highlanders. Lord John, who oversaw Jacobite prisoners when
he was governor of Ardsmiur prison, thinks Jamie may be able to
translate—but will he agree to do it?

Soon Lord John and Jamie
are unwilling companions on the road to Ireland, a country whose dark
castles hold dreadful secrets, and whose bogs hide the bones of the
dead. A captivating return to the world Diana Gabaldon created in her
Outlander and Lord John series, The Scottish Prisoner is another masterpiece of epic history, wicked deceit, and scores that can only be settled in blood.

2 comments:

Oh man a very cool wish list that you have there. I like your wishlist a lot. Great choices of books. Happen to have gotten lucky and gotten an arc of A Million Suns at NYC Comic Con. Come visit me as well. Old follower.

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